Many schools in the Mahoning Valley will benefit from state-supported security upgrades announced by Gov. Mike DeWine.

He said this week that the state will support the installation of security upgrades at more than 700 K-12 schools across Ohio, in an effort to enhance student and staff safety.

Across 57 counties, 708 schools will receive a share of the $57.8 million being disbursed as part of DeWine’s K-12 School Safety Grant Program. The funding helps schools with physical security expenses, such as new security cameras, public address systems, automatic door locks, visitor badging systems and exterior lighting.

“We are being proactive in keeping our schools safe in Ohio. Student and staff safety is paramount,” DeWine said. “These safety grants are helping schools create environments that are secure and welcoming for teachers and their students.”

The announcement is part of a third wave of grant funding awarded as part of the Ohio K-12 School Safety Grant Program.

In the first round, $5 million in state funding was allocated to 95 schools in 27 counties. A second round of funding saw an increase after a partnership between the Ohio General Assembly and DeWine, bringing the total to $42.2 million for 1,065 schools.

By the numbers

Mahoning County schools receiving a portion of the 2022 School Safety Grant are:

• Youngstown City School District will distribute $700,000 among 11 schools:

Chaney High School – $50,000

Chaney Middle School – $50,000

East Middle School – $50,000

Harding Elementary School – $50,000

Kirkmere Elementary School – $100,000

Martin Luther King Elementary – $50,000

Paul C. Bunn Elementary School – $50,000

Taft Elementary School – $100,000

Volney Rogers Elementary School

• $100,000

Wilson Alternative School – $50,000

Youngstown Rayen Early College HS – $50,000

• Austintown Local School District will receive $400,000 in total to be distributed to:

Austintown Elementary School – $100,000

Austintown Fitch High School – $100,000

Austintown Intermediate School – $10,000

Austintown Middle School – $100,000

• Sebring Local School District will receive $130,840 for two schools:

B.L. Miller Elementary School – $44,564

McKinley Jr. / Sr. High School – $86,276

• Canfield Local schools will receive $400,000 split among:

C.H. Campbell Elementary – $100,000

Canfield High School – $100,000

Hilltop Elementary – $100,000

Canfield Middle School – $100,000

• Poland Local School District will receive $150,000 for three schools:

Poland McKinley Elementary – $50,000

Poland Middle School – $50,000

Poland Seminary High School – $50,000

• Others:

River Gate High School – $25,500

St. Christine School – $100,000

South Side Academy – $25,500

St. Joseph The Provider School – $100,000

Academy for Urban Scholars – $100,000

Akiva Academy – $100,000

Holy Family School, Poland – $71,000

Cardinal Mooney High School – $98,071

St. Nicholas School, Struthers – $100,000

The Montessori School of the Mahoning Valley – $100,000

Valley STEM+ME2 Academy – $48,792

TRUMBULL COUNTY

• Brookfield Local School District will split $221,466 among each school:

Brookfield Elementary School – $73,822

Brookfield High School – $73,822

Brookfield Middle School – $73,822

• Four Girard City School District schools will get $400,000:

Girard Intermediate School – $100,000

Girard Junior High School – $100,000

Girard Senior High School – $100,000

Prospect Elementary School- $100,000

• Others:

John F. Kennedy Catholic School Lower Campus – $70,000

John F. Kennedy Catholic School Upper Campus – $46,000

Lakeview High School – $46,700

Trumbull Career and Technical Center – $86,000

Victory Christian School – $100,000